Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yûrei manshon (2005)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Akio Yoshida

Writers:

Mutsuki Watanabe (screenplay)
Hirokatsu Kihara (book) ...

Release Date:

20 July 2006 (Thailand)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Feel the same FEAR and GRIEF as I did

Plot:

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Haunted | Father Daughter Relationship | Sexual Abuse | Missing Person

Cast

Mei Kurokawa	...	Aimi Yamato
Yoshihiko Hosoda	...	Takashi Izumo
Yûta Sone	...	Shô (as Hideki Sone)
Ayaka Maeda	...	Ai
Yuka Hanabusa	...	Masami Hotei
Masashi Arifuku	...	Muneo Ôguro
Ryoko Takizawa	...	Mariko Ôguro (as Ryôko Takizawa)
Hua Rong Weng	...	Hotei (as Kaei Ô)
Akihiro Shimizu	...	Yûichi Izumo
Isao Yatsu	...	Ebisu
Youko Yasuda	...	Ebisu's Wife (as Yôko Yasuda)
Sumie Sasaki	...	Woman with Cats
Eimi Hiraoka
Kazumasa Adachi
Kazuhiro Nakahara

Also Known As:

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment (International: English title)
Tales of Terror: The Haunted Apartments (International: English title)
The Haunted Apartments (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18PL

Company:

Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Shiawase wo fuyasu yori kanashimi wo herashitai

Scarry one.

I started liking Japanese horrors from 'the grudge'.. I have seen the ring in the English version but still like to see the original 'ringu'. Since the language is Japanese you have to follow the story by the subtitles. But that did not deviate me much.

In those good Japanese horror lists this haunted apartment can surely be added. It is not as horrific as Grudge. But different. No great special effects, no cheap tricks to jump you out of the seat. But certainly the story does as it unfolds into the apartments.

One teen girl Aimi, and her father move in to an apartment after the girl's mother was dead in a car accident. The apartment complex they moved in is the haunted one by a girl's ghost who died of the same age. And the curse that surrounds the apartment and the mystery behind it. The script is the best thing that makes the movie stand. Acting, photography, music and direction are all supporting the script and brought to a good level.

There are no unnecessary gore into the scenes. But the script is good and thrilling until the end. Even the music is played not to scare but to aid the story. The ending was an unexpected shock which I could not guess it at all. If you are a fan of horror stories and is OK with not much of gory effects then you'll definitely like it.